In June 2012 ADC “Memorial” was approached by Svetlana Medvedeva, who has faced impossibility to take a practical course and thus complete education in ship navigation due to the ban of her shipping company on her performance as a motor-mechanic/helmsman….
An important court ruling was made by a Russian court in 2013 as a result of cooperation between ADC “Memorial” and attorneys Olga Tseitlina and Sergey Golubok in case of a person without citizenship S. Saint Petersburg city court has…
GENEVA (14 May 2013) – Three United Nations independent human rights experts today expressed serious concern at the “obstructive, intimidating and stigmatizing effects” brought about by the current implementation in the Russian Federation of the law on ‘non-commercial organizations’ (NCOs),…
May 7, 2013, Saint-Petersburg. Antidiscrimination centre (ADC) “Memorial” has appealed to the UN Committee against Torture with a request to witness in its defense in a court case against it which will consider whether ADC should be registered as a…
The attorney from the Admiralty district of St. Petersburg saw signs of “a call against the current government and state structures” in the November 2012 human rights report of the UN Committee against Torture. As evidence, prosecutors quoted multiple times…
Starting March 26, 2013 procurator’s offices carry out checks of the private charitable establishment ADC “Memorial”. Thousands of copies of documents were requested to be provided, while the admnistration of the organization has spent hours and hours answering the questions…
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